sstegh
Jetboaters Commander
- Messages
- 601
- Reaction score
- 680
- Points
- 197
- Location
- Menomonee Falls, WI
- Boat Make
- Boatless
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- Boat Model
- Other
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Last year at the Shelbyville gathering, several forum members taught my son to wake board and wake surf. I was a lost cause, He had a blast and I had a blast watching him. After that trip I convinced my wife that we needed a wake board tower and we began shopping around. I couldn't find any that I liked or that had a bimini option that I liked (i'm a picky bastard) but we both liked the tower/bimini on the 242LS, so we ended up trading in our Limited for one of those. Couldn't be happier!
In October we organized a fall cruise with several local members to head up the Illinois river for lunch and a final run before winterizing. On our way up the river our group passed a blue 242 Limited that looked an awful lot like my old boat. I thought "What are the odds", but I know there are a few blue Limited 242s around here. Later on we were drifting with the group talking about our summer when this blue 242 Limited went right by us and stopped about a half mile up river. @jcyamaharider looked at us and asked "Was that your old boat"? My wife and I fired up the motors and ran over to check it out.
Sure enough it was our old boat! The new owner (Chris) was a really nice guy and just as surprised to be meeting us. This is his first boat and is loving it so far. I plugged the forum but I didn't have any of @txav8r's balls with me, dammit. After a bit our group was headed our way and we needed to go. I gave him my number and left. He called me tonight to talk about his boat; past maintenance, winterizing, trips we had been on with it, etc. He wrote down the forum address and I hope to see him here soon.
You meet the nicest people in a Yamaha.
In October we organized a fall cruise with several local members to head up the Illinois river for lunch and a final run before winterizing. On our way up the river our group passed a blue 242 Limited that looked an awful lot like my old boat. I thought "What are the odds", but I know there are a few blue Limited 242s around here. Later on we were drifting with the group talking about our summer when this blue 242 Limited went right by us and stopped about a half mile up river. @jcyamaharider looked at us and asked "Was that your old boat"? My wife and I fired up the motors and ran over to check it out.
Sure enough it was our old boat! The new owner (Chris) was a really nice guy and just as surprised to be meeting us. This is his first boat and is loving it so far. I plugged the forum but I didn't have any of @txav8r's balls with me, dammit. After a bit our group was headed our way and we needed to go. I gave him my number and left. He called me tonight to talk about his boat; past maintenance, winterizing, trips we had been on with it, etc. He wrote down the forum address and I hope to see him here soon.
You meet the nicest people in a Yamaha.
I threw 4 or 5 balls in one of my storage containers in the boat...even though I probably won't be out again, just so they are there when I need them! You never know when you need to have the "balls" to recruit a new member! lol Liked the story!
